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ipfe covipofltiis alias d^ veltit^ eht^antium verborum-^ folutiiis prer,ipti-^ <^^r'- & veli;c 

 ufq'-s loquebatiir quotiei fubveniret. Certainly there can hardly be ^^'^^'^or anx-- 

 found any Artificer of DijJimulatJon (b cunning and excellent, or a 

 Countenance (b forced, or as he (aith — vultttsjuf/ns — fo command- 

 ed, that can fever from an artificious and feigned fpeech, thefe Notes 5 

 but that the fpeech is either mote flight and carelef^ or more /c/ and 

 formal J or more tedious and vo^ndring^ or more dr^ and reluUant^ 

 than ufual. 



^ As for Mens tpords they are (as Phyficians fay of Waters) full 

 of flattery and uncertainty; yet the(e counterfeit colours are two 

 ways excellently difcover'd •-, namely when mords are uttered either 

 upon the fudden,ot elfe in pajfzon. So Tiberius being Suddenly movedj 

 and (bmewhat incens'd upon a flinging (peech of jlgrippina^ came a 



ftep forth of his inbred diCBmuIation. Thefe words 'faith Tacitus ^nnal.iv, 



Ijeard by Tiberius , drete from his dar^ covert Breaji fitch words 

 as he us'dfeldom to let fall'-, and taking her up fliarply, told her her 

 own in a Greek verfe. That flje was therefore hurt becaufe f.>e did not 



rc7g«.Therefore thePoet doth not improperly call fuch Pajjions . 



Tortures-— becaufe they urge men to coiifefs and betray their 

 fecretSj ' 



Fino tortus & Ira • Hor.Eplfi.i, 



Experience indeed (hews that there are few men (b true to them- 

 (elveSj and fo fetled in their refblves, but that (bmetimes upon heat, 

 fbmetimes upon bravery, (bmetimes upon intimate good will to a 

 Friend, fbmetimes upon weaknels and trouble of mind, that can no 

 longer hold out under the weight of griefs 3 (bmetimes from (bme o- 

 ther Affection or Pafiion, they reveal and communicate their inward 

 Thoughts: but above alljit (bunds the mind to the bottomland (earch- 

 eth it to the quick, when Simulation is put to it by a counter-DifS- 

 mulation according to the proverb of Spain, Di Alentira^ y facaras 

 verdad. Tell a lye and find a. Truth. 



§ Neither are Deeds^ though they be the (ureft pledges of mens 

 minds, altogether to be trufted without a diligent and judicious 

 confideration of their Magnitude and Nature : For the laying is mo(t 

 true^ That fraud ere&s it fdfa. countermure of credit in fmaller matters^ 

 that it may cheat with better advantage afterwards. The Italian thinks 

 himfelf upon the Crofs with the Cryer , and upon the point to be 

 bought and (bid, when he is better ufed than he was wont to be, 

 with'jut manifeft caufe : for fmall favours , they do bnt lull men a 

 fleep., both as to caution, and as tolndufkry, and are rightly called 

 by Demojihenes Alimenta focordi£. Again, we may plainly (ee the oemoflj^ 

 falfc and inconftant propriety and .nature of (bme Deeds, even of 

 fuch as are accounted Benefits, from that particular which Mutianus 

 praftis'd upon Antouius primus, who upon that hollow and unfaithful 

 reconcilement made between them, advanced many of the Friendis 

 o^ Antoiiius, and beftowed H]^on them TribnneJIiips, and Captainfi}ips ticlin^ KSk 

 liberally: by this fubtile pretence of demerit, he did notftrengthen, iv. 

 but altogether difarm and defblate y^»/o»/;/j-3 and win frofn him his 

 DependanceSj and made them his own creatures, 



§ But 



